How Drops and Withdrawals Affect Your Financial Aid Eligibility

Since the effect of dropping a course or withdrawing from a semester is very student- and date-specific, be sure to contact the Financial Aid Office and the Bursar’s Office to determine how this will affect your current financial aid and charges.

Payment of Pell Grants to Students’ Accounts

Pell Grant amounts are based on the student’s enrollment status (i.e. full-, half-, or three-quarter-time) on the 15th day of each semester. If you originally registered as a full-time student, but then complete an individual course withdrawal from a course(s) and are part-time on the 15th day of the semester, the Pell Grant amount will be based on the enrollment status on the 15th day, regardless of whether or not you’re being charged full-time on your student account.

Undergraduate Stafford Loan

The maximum Stafford Loan amount you may borrow is based, in part, on the number of credits you have completed at the time the loan is awarded.

Freshmen-level loans: 0–29.99 credits completed

Sophomore-level loans: 30–59.99 credits completed

Junior- and senior-level loans: 60+ credits

Effect of Repeating Courses

Courses for which you receive a passing grade can only be repeated one additional time to be considered part of your enrollment for that semester. If you’re enrolled in a semester and your schedule includes a course that was previously passed two times, that course will not be counted toward enrollment for financial aid purposes for that semester, and aid may be adjusted accordingly.